ArticlePreventing chronic disease2018
Dietary Impact of Produce Prescriptions for Patients With Hypertension.
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51 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Impact of Fruit and Vegetable Incentive Programs on Food Insecurity, Fruit and Vegetable Consumption, and Health Outcomes: A Community Guide Systematic Review.American journal of preventive medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Examining Food Security, Fruit and Vegetable Intake, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Outcomes of Produce Prescription (PPR) Programs: A Systematic Review.Journal of nutrition education and behavior · 2024Pooled it
- The effect of food prescription programs on chronic disease management in primarily low-income populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Nutrition and health · 2022Pooled it
- Healthy Food Prescription Programs and their Impact on Dietary Behavior and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2021Pooled it
- "I don't have to choose between everything": Self-reported fruit and vegetable affordability, purchasing shifts, and healthcare utilization among produce prescription program participants in North Carolina.Preventive medicine reports · 2026Article
- Implementation of a six-month produce prescription program for a rural Medicaid population increased vegetable consumption and reduced food insecurity in Washington state.Preventive medicine reports · 2026Article
- Nutrition and Culinary Education in Food Is Medicine Interventions: A Scoping Review.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2026Article
- Outcomes of the Sustainable Culturally Adapted Nutrition Program (SCAN) and food supplement program to improve engagement with the National Diabetes Prevention Program (NDPP).Frontiers in clinical diabetes and healthcare · 2026Article
- Barriers and facilitators to implementing a pilot produce prescription program in a community health setting in Toronto, Canada.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Association between youth blood pressure and exposure to pediatric fruit and vegetable prescriptions.Pediatric research · 2025Article
- Exploring a food is medicine pilot program to improve dietary quality among rural perinatal patients.BMC nutrition · 2025Article
- Evaluating a 52-week fresh food prescribing program in Ontario, Canada: A mixed-methods study on food insecurity, fruit and vegetable intake, and health.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Food and Housing Insecurity, Stress, and Health Care Use After Medicaid Expanded Services Program.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Community as Medicine: A Novel Approach to Improve Health Behaviors and Mental Well-Being for Vulnerable Populations.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2025Article
- The mushrooms on the menu (MOM) study: vitamin D mushrooms (UV-exposed) are a feasible and acceptable way to increase vitamin D intake in a residential aged care facility.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Developing and testing a produce prescription implementation blueprint to improve food security in a clinical setting: a pilot study protocol.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2024Article
- 'Nobody Shops at the Neighborhood Store': Leveraging a Community's Pediatric Fresh Produce Prescription Program to Inform Future Participating Store Redemption Locations.Cities & health · 2024Article
- Social Determinants of Health and Cardiologist Involvement in the Care of Adults Hospitalized for Heart Failure.JAMA network open · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionLittle is known regarding the impact of produce prescriptions within the context of hypertension visits at safety net clinics. We evaluated intervention effectiveness on patient usage of farmers markets and dietary change related to fruit and vegetable consumption.
methodsHealth Improvement Partnership - Cuyahoga worked with 3 clinics to integrate, implement, and evaluated a produce prescription for hypertension (PRxHTN) program. PRxHTN involves 3 monthly, nonphysician provider visits, comprising blood pressure measurement, nutrition counseling, and four $10 farmers market produce vouchers, for hypertensive adult patients screening positive for food insecurity. Dietary measures were collected at visits 1 and 3. Voucher use was tracked via farmers market redemption logs.
resultsOf the 224 participants from 3 clinics, most were middle-aged (mean age, 62 y), female (72%), and African American (97%) and had a high school education or less (62%). Eighty-six percent visited a farmers market to use their produce vouchers, with one-third reporting it was their first farmers market visit ever. Median number of farmers market visits was 2 (range: 0-6), and median number of vouchers redeemed was 8 (range: 0-12). Among the subsample with follow-up survey data (n = 137), significant improvement in fruit and vegetable consumption was observed as well as a decline in fast food consumption.
conclusionPRxHTN participants visited at least 1 farmers market, reported increases in provider communication related to diet, and exhibited significant changes in dietary behavior. PRxHTN can serve as a strong model for linking safety net clinics with farmers markets to promote community resource use and improve fruit and vegetable consumption among food-insecure patients with hypertension.
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